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Leitmotif associated with Siegfried's horn call in Richard Wagner's 1876 opera, Siegfried. A leitmotif or Leitmotiv [1] (/ ˌ l aɪ t m oʊ ˈ t iː f /) is a "short, recurring musical phrase" [2] associated with a particular person, place, or idea.
The music and sound effects are also used for comic effect in the films: the laboratory of Hugo Drax is opened by touchtones that play the tune of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, [155] whilst when Bond and Anya are seen walking across the desert in The Spy Who Loved Me, the theme from Lawrence of Arabia is heard. [154]
Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
The series music became the most successful of Shore's career, earning three Oscars, two Golden Globes, and three Grammys, among other nominations. Some of his themes or leitmotifs (like the Shire theme) became individually popular. The music has attracted the interest of musicologists and Tolkien scholars. It is performed by choirs and ...
Not included are films where an overture is used to present the credits, or underscored scenes that are already part of the plot. Often, but not necessarily, these films also include an intermission with entr'acte, followed by exit music (after the credits). This list documents the rise and fall of the Overture/Roadshow practice over film history.
The first motif, which is heard most frequently, is known simply as "Theme from Jurassic Park" and is introduced when the visitors first see the Brachiosaurus.This is what Williams chose to be the theme of the park itself and features "gentle religioso cantilena lines", which Williams declared was an attempt, "to capture the awesome beauty and sublimity of the dinosaurs in nature".
When it comes to teen comedy movies, Mean Girls is (and will always be) the gold standard. Not only does it have all the makings of a brilliant coming-of-age story, but it also features ...
Composer John Barry utilises eight leitmotifs on the soundtrack, that recurs in two or more of the tracks listed. Two of them are pinned to location, three are pinned to characters Necros, Kara and Koskov, one is pinned to the title song by A-ha, one is pinned to the Mujahedin and one is the Monty Norman James Bond Theme.